Auction Location: London, UK
The Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria department run by Thomas Del Mar is now a recognised world leader in this field.
The sales offer a broad selection of objects from all over the world, from the earliest times until the Great War. Firearms from the earliest matchlock, wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers; edged weapons from the bronze age, Viking, Medieval and Renaissance periods through to the swords of the regular armies of the 18th and 19th centuries; armour from the earliest times through the medieval and renaissance periods to the First World War; African, Australasian, Chinese, Islamic and Japanese weapons and armour; accessories including gunpowder flasks, gun locks, mechanical locks, iron work and books.
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Sunday 30th November: 12pm to 4pm
Monday 1st December: 10am to 7pm
Tuesday 2nd December: 10am to 5pm
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Name: Thomas Del Mar
Email: thomas.delmar@olympiaauctions.com
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Name: David Williams
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Lot 2 - A VERY RARE SOUTH INDIAN OR DECCAN SHORT SWORD, THE HILT 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Lot 7 - A VERY RARE INDIAN EXECUTIONER’S SWORD BROUGHT HOME BY CAPT. SIR WILLIAM PEEL R.N., C.B.
Lot 11 - A VERY RARE SOUTH INDIAN BICH’HWAS, THANJAVUR, TAMIL NADU, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Lot 12 - AN UNUSUAL SOUTH INDIAN KATAR WITH EUROPEAN BLADE, VIJAYANAGARA, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Lot 13 - A SOUTH INDIAN KATAR, 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY TANJORE OR GOLCONDA
Lot 16 - AN INDIAN PESH-KABZ WITH CALLIGRAPHIC HILT, 20TH CENTURY
Lot 17 - AN INDIAN JADE-HILTED KARD WITH RAM’S HEAD POMMEL, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 19 - A RARE INDIAN FAKIR'S CRUTCH (ZAFAR TAKIYA), 18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
Lot 23 - AN INDIAN MACE (GURZ) WITH HILT OF FIRANGI FORM, 17TH CENTURY
Lot 24 - AN INDIAN MACE (GURZ) WITH HILT OF FIRANGI FORM, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Lot 27 - A FINE PERSIAN KULAH KHUD, DHAL AND BAZU BAND, QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 30 - A PERSIAN SWORD WITH UNUSUAL STRAIGHT BLADE, QAJAR, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Lot 33 - AN OTTOMAN YATAGHAN, TURKEY, DATED 1217 A.H. CORRESPONDING TO 1805 A.D., PROBABLY FOCA
Lot 36 - A RARE OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED DAGGER, TURKEY, REIGN OF MUSTAFA II (1695-1703)
Lot 40 - A RARE RUSSIAN (TULA) HUNTING DAGGER OF KINDJAL FORM, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 43 - ◉ A VERY RARE OTTOMAN 12 BORE MUSKET FOR BALL, TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
Lot 44 - A FINE TURKISH 25 BORE MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE (SHISHANA), MID-18TH CENTURY
Lot 45 - AN OTTOMAN 25 BORE MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE (SHISHANA), TURKEY, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 46 - AN INDIAN 28 BORE MATCHLOCK GUN (TORADAR) WITH CHISELLED BARREL, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 47 - AN UNUSUAL INDIAN PERCUSSION GUN (TORADOR) WITH ENGLISH FEATURES, MID-19TH CENTURY
Lot 48 - A PAIR OF OTTOMAN 18 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS WITH LIÈGE BARRELS AND LOCKS, TURKEY
Lot 49 - AN OTTOMAN 20 BORE FLINTLOCK SILVER-MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 50 - AN UNUSUAL INDIAN 28 BORE FLINTLOCK ALL-METAL PISTOL IN THE ENGLISH TASTE, MID-19TH CENTURY
Lot 51 - A BALKAN (SOULIOT) 20 BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOL WITH SILVER STOCK
Lot 52 - A BALKAN 25 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL (ZLATKAS), BOKA KOTORSKA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 53 - A PAIR OF ALBANIAN 25 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 54 - ◉ A FINE AND VERY RARE ITALIAN SHORTSWORD (CINQUEDEA), CIRCA 1500
Lot 55 - A GERMAN TWO-HAND PROCESSIONAL SWORD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Lot 58 - A SCOTTISH BASKET-HILTED BROADSWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 59 - AN EAST EUROPEAN KARABELA, 17TH CENTURY, POLISH OR TURKISH
Lot 60 - A CENTRAL EUROPEAN PALLASCH, 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY POLISH
Lot 61 - A RARE POLISH SABRE OF KARABELA TYPE, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Lot 63 - A RARE CENTRAL EUROPEAN PALLASCH, 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY POLISH
Lot 66 - A RARE CENTRAL EUROPEAN ESTOC, PROBABLY LATE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 70 - A POLISH SABRE OF HUNGARIAN TYPE, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
Lot 75 - A CONTINENTAL SABRE IN THE EASTERN FASHION, 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY RUSSIAN
Lot 76 - A SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD BY FEESEY, CUTLER TO HIS MAJESTY, PALL MALL
Lot 78 - A FRENCH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, INDISTINCT SILVER MARKS, CIRCA 1770
Lot 80 - AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1754
Lot 81 - AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1775, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS
Lot 85 - AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED HUNTING SWORD, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1741
Lot 86 - AN ENGLISH SILVER-MOUNTED HUNTING HANGER, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 88 - AN ENGLISH SILVER-MOUNTED HUNTING HANGER, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 92 - A RARE POLISH HORSEMAN’S HAMMER (NADZIAK), THE HEAD EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Lot 93 - AN EAST EUROPEAN WAR-HAMMER (OBUCH), THE HEAD 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY POLISH
Lot 95 - A HORSEMAN’S HAMMER (NADZIAK) IN POLISH LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 96 - A POLISH HORSEMAN’S HAMMER AND AXE (CZEKAN) IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY